Clara Marques

Clara Ferreira Marques is Bloomberg’s managing editor for Commodities and Energy in Asia. She previously served as a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and editorial board member, writing analysis on foreign affairs, climate, energy, commodities, and geopolitics.

Russian Arms and Oil Keep India From Breaking With Moscow

India cannot make a clean break with Russia while Russian equipment underpins much of its military and Russian oil remains a major import, even as the US is its indispensable export market. Bloomberg shows how that bind grew from a Soviet-era relationship built on technology transfer and licensed arms production, then deepened after the Ukraine invasion as discounted crude made Russia India’s leading seaborne oil supplier.

Bloomberg OriginalsSep 11, 20265 min read